US1094712A - Beverage-shaker. - Google Patents

Description

S. H. GALE.

BEVERAGE SHAKER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 9, 1913.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

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SPENCER H. GALE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BEVERAGE-SHAKER.

To all 'ZUIAOHZ it may concern:

Be it known that I, SPENCER H. GALE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Beverage-Shaker, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for mixing and cooling beverages, such as cocktails and the like.

The object I have in view is to produce a device in which the beverage and the ice or other refrigerant will be kept separate; at the same time it can be readily cleansed so as to be kept in a sanitary condition. These and further objects will more fully appear from the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal view, partly in section, of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, with the beverage containers cover removed; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, of modification; and Fig. 4 is a detail view of another modification.

In all of the views like parts are designated by the same reference characters.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2 which show the preferred embodiment of the invention, the beverage container is indicated by the character 1. This container is preferably made of sheet metal, it is of the typical frusto-conical shape, with a closed bottom and open top. Within the beverage container the ice container 2. This ice container is rcmovably centered within the beverage con tainer and is secured thereto by means of a lock 3. The ice container is provided with a removable cover 4:. This cover is provided with a flange 5. This flange 5 carries two or more fingers 6. which form one element of the lock 8. The other element of the lock in the embodiment chosen for illustration in Figs. 1, 2 and 4; consists of ears 77. These ears are located on the inside of the beverage container adjacent to its upper edge. One or all of the fingers 6 are provided with a stop 8. As shown in Fig. 1, the fingers are made of sheet metal, of a sufiiciently elastic nature to be distorted, and to retain their original position when the parts are separated. The fingers are helically inclined, as shown in Fig. 1. the stop 8 being located which lies lowermost.

adjacent tothe end erage into contact with all parts of the out- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 9, 1913.

tainer and the Patented Apr. 28, 191%. Serial No. 772,475.

By introducing the ice container within the beverage container with the fingers in the spaces between the ears, and then giving the ice container a partial rotation, it will cause the fingers to come into engagement with the lower sides of the ears. As before stated, the fingers being helically inclined and elastic they will exert a yielding pressure upon the under side of the ears and will hence yieldingly force the bottom of the ice container into contact with the bottom of the beverage container. The stops 8 will limit the extent of rotation.

For the purpose of securing the bottom of the ice container in the centered position within the beverage container I provided the bottom of the beverage container with a boss 9, which is adapted to enter a socket 10 in the bottom of the ice container. The cover a is secured to the ice container 2 by means of a bayonet joint 11. For the purpose of rotating the ice container and removing it from or placing it in position it is provided with a knob 12. The beverage container 1 is closed by a suitable cover 13. That illustrated in the drawings is identical with that shown in patent of Valter Gr. Barker, dated October 29, 1912, No. 1,042,751. It is of course to be understood that such particular cover is shown only for the purposes of illustration, and any other cover may be employed.

The invention may be modified in many ways. As shown in Fig. 4, the ears 7 instead of being separately formed and attached to the beverage container are struck inward out of the material forming the container. In this modification the bayonet joint 11 is omitted, flange 5 making a sufiiciently close engagement with the ice container to hold the cover in place.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 3, the lock 3 consists of a screw socket 14 on the beverage container, engaging with screw threads formed in the bottom of the ice container.

In use, the ice or other refrigerant, is inclosed within the ice container, the latter is then centered and locked within the beverage container, the beverage is then poured within the beverage container and occupies the space between the two containers. A suitable cover is put upon the beverage conv whole shaken, if necessary. This will agitate the ice and bring the bevside oi the ice container, chilling it to the l necessary degree. The beverage may then be removed 'lroin the beverage containeri when desired. i

Among the many advantages o'l this inj vention it will be seen that the ice does not i come into contact with the beverage. thus serving a sanitary purpose. It also pro-j vides for uniformity in the strength or the beverage which is not present in devices in i which the ice comes into contactwith the j to the melting of the p l lmverage owing former. Another advantage is that the drinks for a party ot a number of persons may be mixed at one time, and it there are any delays in arrival. of other members of 1 the party their drinks will not become warm or diluted, owing to the lapse of time. A further advantage is that: the person who 1 mixes the beverages can mix them in quantities, thus securing uniformity of mixture.

"r rery important advantage of the inven tion is its sanitary nature. hen the ice contaii'ier is removed from the beverage container the latter is no more than an open vessel, which may very readily be cleansed. So also the outside of the ice container, which comes into contact with the beverage, may be readily cleansed. There are no closed pockets, chambers of involved shape, or other irregularities which cannot be readily reached with an ordinarycleansing appliance.

in accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes. I have described the principle of my invention, together with the apparatus which i now consider to represent the bestv embodiment thereof; but I desire to have it understood that the apparatus shown is merely illustative, and that the invention may be carried out in other ways.

Having now described my invention, what i claim as new and desire to obtain by Letters Patent, is

1. it beverage shaker which comprises a beverage receptacle, and a separable. selfcontained ice receptacle located "ithin the beverage receptacle.

Er beverage shaker, which comprises a beverage receptacle, a self-contained ice receptacle and means for reinovably centering the ice receptacle ithin the beverage reeeptacle.

3. it beverage shaker which comprises a beverage receptacle. a self-contained ice receptacle and a lock for removably centering the ice receptacle within the beverage receptacle.

t. A beverage shaker, which comprises a beverage receptacle, having one member of a lock. and a self-contained ice receptacle having the other member of the lock, so arranged that when brought together the ice 1 receptacle will be centered within the beverage receptacle.

ii beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container having inwardly extend ing ears, and a closed ice container having centering fingers adapted to engage with the ears and lock the ice container within the beverage container.

5. A beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container having inwardly extending ears, and an ice container which includes a removable cover, said cover having center ing lingers adapted to engage with the cars and lock the ice container within the bevcrage container.

T. A beverage shaker which comprises a bn'erage container having inwardly extending ears adjacent to the upper edge, and a centering boss at the bottom in combination with the ice container having a centrally located bottom socket to engage with. the boss. and carrying fingers to engage with the ears.

8. A beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container having inwardly eXtending ears adjacent to the upper edge and a centering boss at the bottom, in combination with an ice container having a centrally located bottom socket to engage with the boss, and a removable cover carrying fingers to engage with the ears.

2). A beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container, having inwardly extending ears adjacent to the upper edge and a centering boss at the bottom, in combination with an ice container having a centrally located bottom socket to engage with the boss, and a removable cover having fingers to engage with the ears, one or said fingers ha v-- ing a stop to engage with the cars.

10. A beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container, having inwardly extend ing ears adjacent to the upper edge, in combination with an ice container having outwardly extending elastic helically inclined lingers which engage with the ears and centering the ice container and elastically en gage it with the bottom of the beverage eonminer.

11. A beverage shaker which comprises a beverage container having inwardly extending ears adjacent to the upper edge. and a centering boss at the bottom, in combination with an ice container having outwardly extending elastic helically inclined fingers and a centrally located bottom socket, said lingers engaging with the ears to elastically engage the socket with the boss.

This specification signed and witnessed this 5th day of June, 1913.

SPENCER H. GALE.

Witnesses LEONARD H. Bren, ANNA E. BENTON.

Copies of this patent. may he obtained for five cents each h addressing the tiommissioner of Patents,

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